Core Cloud Architecture
The building blocks of cloud systems (regions and networking, compute and storage, databases, caching, messaging, reliability, identity, security, observability, and delivery), with AWS, GCP, and Azure comparisons throughout. The technical grounding behind Cloud and AI Architecture: Case Studies.
Lessons
1
Regions, Availability Zones, and Edge Locations
2
Cloud Networking Fundamentals
3
Compute Options
4
Autoscaling and Elasticity
5
Storage Fundamentals: Object, Block, and File
6
Databases: Relational and NoSQL
7
Caching
8
Messaging and Event-Driven Architecture
9
Reliability in Distributed Systems
10
Identity and Access Management
11
Security Fundamentals in the Cloud
12
Observability: Logs, Metrics, and Traces
13
Infrastructure as Code and Delivery